AARNet The Future Jonathan Potter Executive Director Copyright

AARNet The Future Jonathan Potter Executive Director ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNet and the AREN • The Higher Education Bandwidth Advisory Committee (HEBAC) Report • $42. 5 m over two years • The Australian Research and Education Network (AREN) • The AREN Advisory Committee (ARENAC) • The AREN Management Company (ARENMC) ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Partnerships • Transgrid • Powerlink • Electricity • Gas • Rail • Other Utilities • 2 nd Tier Telecommunications companies ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNet – The AREN • Increased network capacity and a new architecture that enables applications such as video over IP, and high speed collaboration • Comparable with R&E networks in the US and Europe • Link with Australian high speed and experimental networks – Grange. Net – Centie • Link with the global high speed and experimental networks • Provide educational & teaching links with Asia • No dependence on a single internet supplier ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNet – The AREN (2) • Internet traffic purchased in the US and reticulated over APL links in Australia • Negotiate Peering Strategies with other ISPs • Provision of information storage on the net to save money, increase and speed of access • Replace key equipment at each aggregation point (Po. P) (Two Po. Ps in each capital except Hobart and Darwin) ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNet – The AREN (3) • Provision of an APL managed router at each member’s site(s) (To be negotiated with Members) • Guaranteed end to end measured service delivered to each member’s site. • Wavelength research capacity to the US linked with Grange. Net and possibly Centie (subject to suitable agreement with Government funding sources) ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Charging Issues • No initial reduction in charges but increasing reductions as the Network usage increases. • Review of charging system including subscription models and revised R&E international charging. • Differential charging for types of traffic and lower rates for members to be explored ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Operational Issues • APL support for the AREN Advisory Committee • APL forming the AREN Management Company for the control of AREN funds supplied by DEST • AARNet Acceptable Use Policy to be based on what is needed by the owners, financially viable and legal • Provision of increased services and content to the research, education, health, government and cultural communities • Enhance APL’s position in the development of the Internet in Australia through arrangements with other service providers to reach a wider user base ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Australian Research and Education Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Australian Research and Education Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Australian Research and Education Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Australian Research and Education Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNET’s Pacific Rim Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNET’s International Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNet 3 Design An Update on Progress QUESTNet 2003 Don Robertson Deputy Executive Director ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Acknowledgement • Slides from yesterdays workshop on Connecting Sites to AARNet and Grange. Net • Thanks to Mark Prior ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Disclaimer • No Transmission or Equipment Vendors have been selected • So commercial negotiations are yet to commence • No details on vendors will be available until after commercial negotiations are completed • This is a design discussion only ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

RFP Team • Mary Fleming (chair) – Business Development • Don Robertson – Deputy Executive Director • George Mc. Laughlin – Director - International Development • Steve Maddocks – Network Operations Manager • Mark Prior – Network Architect ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

RFP Process • Issued on 25 February 2003 • Closed on 21 March 2003 • Received 25 respondents – Wide variety of responses – Some covered whole of RFP – Some very specialised • RFP Team divided task – Domestic Transmission – International Transmission – Internet Transit – Other issues ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Domestic Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Domestic Transmission • Conventional National ISP design, following underlying transmission paths • Redundant and Diverse Trunks – STM-16 (2. 5 Gbps) Loop (MEL/CBR/SYD) – STM-4 (622 Mbps) BRI/SYD – STM-4 (622 Mbps) PER/ADL – STM-4 (622 Mbps) ADL/MEL – E 3 (34 Mbps) ADL/ASP – E 3 (34 Mbps) ASP/DRW – E 3 (34 Mbps) MEL/HBT ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Dual Capital City POP ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Interconnection of intra city POPs • Canberra, Melbourne & Sydney – 10 Gigabit Ethernet connection from router to router, through switches • Adelaide, Brisbane & Perth – 10 Gigabit Ethernet connection between switches – Gigabit Ethernet between router and switch • Alice Springs, Darwin & Hobart – Single POP only ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Equipment • Core Router – 10 Gbps capable – Redundant power but not CPU – Packet over SDH to STM-64 – Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet • Core Switch – Pure L 2 switching – Fast, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet only • Member Edge and in POP “Legacy” routers – 3 x Gigabit Ethernet – Capability to handle legacy (slow) interfaces – Member edge router provides flow accounting and guaranteed quality of service ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Traffic Accounting • Still flow based • Moved to edge, on member’s site, due to scaling issues • 1 RU server • Redundant (emergency) feed to central collector • Central reporting server ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

DDo. S Mitigation • Investigate appliances • Interest in automatic detection and filtering • Locate next to transit (and peering) links ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Member Connections • Diverse connection to each POP – Two diverse, independent links, one to each POP • Dual connection connecting each POP – Two links over same infrastructure to single POP – AARNet trunks one link to the second POP though switches • AARNet provided diversity – Single link to one POP, AARNet provides LAN linking both AARNet POPs and the member ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Member Connections • • One or more AARNet supplied and managed edge routers No firewall functionality, a member responsibility Member provides “last mile” link between institution and POP What technology will the members need? – Gigabit Ethernet over metro fibre preferred – Managed Ethernet service – E 3 Microwave – Something else? • Will members dual home to both POPs? – If so, how? ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNet POP Requirements • • • Space for 4 consecutive 600 x 900 45 RU racks Individually locked racks or located in private, locked caged area False floor with underfloor air-conditioning VESDA Fire suppression systems, such as FM-200 or Inergen Dual, redundant AC power feeds to each rack Backup AC power, with uninterrupted transition between mains and generator 24 x 7 secure access 24 x 7 “remote hands” for basic hardware changes 2 PSTN lines Unrestricted access for any APL nominated carrier Accessible via multiple carriers over diverse paths ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Intra city POP Requirements • Power supply diversity, each POP fed by different sub stations • Availability of diverse fibre paths between POP sites • Physical separation of at least 0. 8 km ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

AARNET’s International Network ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

International Transmission • Dual STM-4 (622 Mbps) for commodity Internet transit – San Jose (Silicon Valley) – Los Angeles • Potential for Research STM-64 (10 Gbps) – Hawai’i – Seattle (Abilene, CA*net 4) – Los Angeles (Abilene, CENIC, CUDI) • Potential for STM-1’s (155 Mbps) to Asia – Tokyo – Singapore ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Current Status • National Transmission: – Reviewing final responses from suppliers – Further meetings with potential suppliers next week – Initial POP equipment RFQ closed, responses reviewed and further details sought – Need more detail on exact requirements before going to “best and final offers” – Evaluating potential POP sites ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Current Status • International Transmission –On hold, pending further discussions with the Commonwealth government regarding funding for the 10 Gbps wavelength –Asian links dependant on available funds and member demand ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Current Status • Commodity Internet Transit –Currently seeking information on a transition phase –Plan to obtain transit within Australia initially –Migrate to San Jose and Los Angeles once international transmission in place ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Current Status • Peering –Developing national policy –A consideration for POP site location • Regional links –Awaiting outcome of national transmission • AARNet Mirror –Still in queue ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Design Questions Member Site • What type of service will members use? • Will member dual home on diverse paths? • Will member require dual edge routers? • Will member retain their own border router? • Do members have a firewall appliance? – Netscreen, PIX, Watchguard, Sonic. Wall, … • Is it in a dual, fail over configuration? • Will it connect directly to AARNet edge router? • Routing functionality? – OSPF, RIPv 2, BGP, … ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Design Questions Member Site • NAT? – Please say no : -) • IPv 6 support? – Native or tunnel to AARNet tunnel broker? • Multicast? • Jumbo frames? – Does campus infrastructure support it? • Connection to Grangenet or Ce. NTIE – Directly from member site? – Indirectly via AARNet POP? • Other connections? ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence

Questions Jonathan. Potter@aarnet. edu. au Don. Robertson@aarnet. edu. au Mark. Prior@aarnet. edu. au ©Copyright AARNet Pty Ltd Commercial-in-Confidence